Yves Klein was a French artist and an important figure in post-war European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restany. Klein was a pioneer in the development of performance art, and is seen as an inspiration to and as a forerunner of minimal art, as well as pop art.
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Related works from the webLeap into the Void (1960)
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Fire Painting (1961)
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Anthropometry of the Blue Period (1960)
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Yves Klein | Anthropometry of the Blue Period (ANT 82) (1960) | Artsy
People begin to fly (1961)
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People begin to fly, 1961 - Yves Klein - WikiArt.org
Untitled blue monochrome (IKB 82)
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Anthropométrie sans titre (ANT 154)
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Large Blue Anthropometry (ANT 105)
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Large Blue Anthropometry [ANT 105] | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
“People should be able to say of me: He has lived, therefore he lives.”
Yves Klein
Apr 28, 1928 - Jun 6, 1962